Despatches from a mother who started late (and is running to catch up)

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I am writing Fashionably Late, an irreverent guide to having children later in life. Did you become a mother over 35? If so, and you'd like to tell me your story please contact me at mail@motheratlarge.com.

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Is it just me or is there something wrong with maternity wear companies that insist on getting details of your due date before they'll allow you to buy any of their kit? After a fruitless trip to our local shopping centre (my most hated place on earth) I decided to buy my maternity 'bathers' on-line. The retailer made me fill out pages of forms - before we got to the section on my baby's due date. None of their business, I thought, and tried to ignore it. In vain. Now I will probably be receiving weekly emails from a retailer with the same name as a Californian pop group. Grits teeth.

Posted 19 January 2008 12:11

Kit

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potty mummy said:

So I guess this means you're taking the plunge (apologies, couldn't resist) with the aquarobics class then?

Posted 19 January 2008 13:19

Helen said:

Potty Mummy, yup, fraid so! Don't expect too much from me, though, but I'll do my best.

Posted 19 January 2008 18:10

Omega Mum said:

I think you already know the answer to this one. Yes, it's unreasonable and that's because while logic would indicate that maternity wear shops should be owned by mumsy, sympathetic types who are only in it because they just love babies, most (well, some) are run by profit-driven entrepreneurs who'll attach a repeat order form to your pro former congrats card. Gosh - hope I'm not getting cynical in the era formerly known as my old age but now reengineered by marketing experts as the best days of my life. Pass the anti-depressants and vodka.

Posted 20 January 2008 15:22

Helen said:

Omega Mum, at least these guys are upfront in their profit-driven greed. What really gets me are the born-again hippies who rip a term's fees off vulnerable new mothers for 'singing lessons', 'yoga' or 'massage' - then turn up covered in dirt and nose piercings, obviously not giving a toss about the babies or mothers. All of it unregulated, of course, so any chancer can try her arm.

Posted 20 January 2008 19:12

DJ Kirkby said:

Only one solution...start your own maternity wear company!

Posted 20 January 2008 19:47

iota said:

"...any chancer can try her arm"? Really? Ooh, you've just opened up a whole new vista of career-post-babies options for me.

Posted 20 January 2008 21:23

Helen said:

DJ, nice idea, but with my sewing skills I fear not too practicable.

Iota, sorry, got carried away. Am basing this on one unfortunate experience - hardly fair of me to tar the entire 'industry' with the same brush. I'd enlist straightaway for any course you were running.

Posted 20 January 2008 23:09

DJ Kirkby said:

You don't need to make the products yourself...I am having a party on my blog today, come on over if you get time.

Posted 21 January 2008 07:11

Helen said:

DJ, will do.

Posted 21 January 2008 10:38

Mother at Large

Welcome to this site. It's based on my personal experiences of becoming a mother a little later in life. If, like me, you waited a while to have children you're in good company. More and more of us are waiting until our late 30s or even 40s to become parents. Some might even say we're fashionably late.

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Mother at Large dreams of crossing the Pyrenees with her young daughter. For now, getting to playgroup takes all her energy. To find out more read her full profile.